Two weeks after the U.S. said it would revoke Chinese student visas, Trump said he came to an agreement with Chinese leader Xi Jinping regarding enrollment at U.S. campuses.

As President Donald Trump has softened his stance on Chinese students and said Wednesday that Chinese students would be welcome in US colleges and uni.

USC is “closely monitoring” new federal policies impacting international students who are applying for a student visa or already have one and is “actively working” to support affected students, the Office of International Services wrote on its website.

University staff members have recently been flooded with calls and messages from concerned international students and their parents, said Amy Nicols Villeda, director of international student programs

Notre Dame football has a starting punter from Australia (James Rendell) and four other players on its 2025 projected roster who hail from Canada.

President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation to suspend international visas for new students at Harvard University, the White House announced Wednesday, in a dramatic escalation of its efforts to block foreign nationals from enrolling at the elite university.

U.S. Sec. of State Marco Rubio recently said the country would "aggressively revoke" visas for Chinese students at American universities studying critical fields or "with connections to the Chinese Communist Party," which is effectively the country's government.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has reached a trade deal with China and is ditching plans to revoke Chinese student visas.

The concentration of F-1 student visa holders – typically those working on traditional degrees at accredited colleges and universities – are concentrated in the states with some of the top U.S. schools. California leads the list with 821 SEVP-registered schools. New York came in second, with 480.

On May 28, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated the United States will “aggressively” revoke the visas of many Chinese students and enhance the scrutiny of visa applications from China. The proposed directive could impact thousands of Chinese students currently studying at U.S. institutions, including many at UNC.

Student visa applications to the UK rose 29% in early 2025, even as the government shortened the Graduate Route and tightened settlement and dependant rules